Kevin Bronson on May 29th, 2013

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Since they appeared on the landscape in 2011, L.A. quintet Y LUV have embraced a so-romantic-it’s-almost-squishy take on synth-rock, with diminutive frontman Freddy Janney’s boyish, pleading vocals leading the way over saccharine melodies and danceable rhythms. Their new EP “Take the Ride” (released this week) aims high – lead single “All I Wanna Do” seems ready for an arena (ostensibly full of young women), and the Members Only jacket-ready “Fire” imagines U2 kids with synthesizers. Included is an edited version of “Driftin’,” the sweet piano-driven single from 2012’s “It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense” EP. It’s another in a growing catalog of evidence that Y LUV, like fellow L.A. hook-merchants Youngblood Hawke, has the pop chops to move hearts and fannies.

||| Download: The “Take the Ride “EP” and stream two songs below:

||| Live: Y LUV plays May 29 at the Detroit bar, June 18 at the Constellation Room in Santa Ana and June 19 at Los Globos.

||| Previously: “Keep It Rollin’,” “How Chill Can You Let Go” EP.